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On the evening of May 19, 2019, Auburn Police officer William Buechner, 37 and a 13-year veteran, was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance at a mobile home park on Wire Road. Buechner arrived with fellow officers Webb Sistrunk and Evan Elliot. All three officers were struck; Buechner was killed and Sistrunk and Elliot were wounded.
Buechner’s body camera reportedly captured his last words as he lay dying.The shooter fled, prompting a nine-hour search that ended the next morning with Wilkes apprehended less than a mile from the scene. He was charged with capital murder and multiple counts of attempted murder. Trial testimony and verdicts dated before September 11, 2023 found Wilkes guilty and the jury sentenced him to life without parole.
Who has information about the events at the Wire Road mobile home park that night?